Auto signaling device



R. H. GORSUCH.

AUTO SIGNALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men MAY is. 1920.

1,367,470. Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

INVENTOR ma/wind BY ATTORNEY Uhll'llill) RICHARD H. G-OESUGH, OF SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.

AUTO SIGNALING DEVEGE.

Application filed May 13, 1820.

To (/ZZ "071 cm it may concern Be it known that I, RTFHAEID l'l. Gonso'orr, a citizen of the llnited S ates, residing at Superior, in the (OF-.1 of Douglas and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Auto Signaling Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to signaling devices for vehicles EJltl has special reference to means for signaling from on automobile.

The principal object is to produce a simple. compact and conveniently operated device of this character.

Other objects and iidvzii'itages of the pe collar structure will appear in the further descri tition of the invention.

lo the accompanying drawings forming port of this application and in which like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the control.-

.liugr mechanism as it appears from the interior of the vehicle.

Fin, 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2- -2 Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a. plan view partly in section of a modified form of attaching); means for the device.

1 represents e fixed portion of the automobile conveniently accessible to the driver and in the illustration shown may represent one corner of the instrument board, upon which is mounted the metal body portion or holder 2 which has formed integral therewith an inwardly projecting hub 3 and which is designed to be fastened upon the end of the instrument board by suitable screws 4. The body 2 has an elongated horizontally extending portion 5 which supports at the outermost end thereof an upright spring member 6 having a hooked portion 7 upon the uppermost free end thereof and a thumb knob 8 spaced below the hooked portion 7 whereby pressure upon the thumb knob 8 will cause the hooked portion 7 to recede toward the instrument board and thus release an object being held by the hook,

Axially through the hub 3 is a central bore in which is rotatably mount-ed the shaft 9 the end of which toward the interior of the vehicle is rounded and the opposite end is square at 10 and designed to carry a radially extending member 11 to which is attached the signaling arm 12 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial H0. 8%,994.

this letter erm may carry upon the free end thereof any desired form of signal such as indicated at 13.

Upon the opposite side of the body 2 to that upon which the hub 3 is formed and concentric therewith is a hollow hub portion or annular rim 141- which acts as a housing for the spiral spring 15 installed about the shaft 9 and which spring has one end 16 thereof fixed within the body portion 2 while the opposite end 17 is fixed within the hub cap 18 the latter being non-rotetebly carried by the innermost end of the shaft and provides a covering for the hub let. T he hub cap 18 has formed integral therewith the normally horizontallyextending operating lever 19 as well as the dog or lug 20 which extends downwardly at right angles to the lever 19 and a stop 21 is rigidly fixed to the body 2 for governing the motion of the lever 19 downwardly as well as engaging the lug 20 when said lever is released and allowed to swing upwardly by the expansive action of the spring 15 and during which time the signal 13 will be thrown down and into exposed position from the sine of the vehicle.

The spri 15 is of such strength and dimensions to impart a rotary motion to the mo /"able mechanism which it operates only during; the initial portion of such operation with the object of acting as it cushion to the final portion of such motion, that is to say,the combined office of the spring is to start the action of the device immediately upon release of the lever 19 by an inward thrust of the spring 6 which disengages the hooked portion 7 of the spring from the end of the lever and then to act as a. retarding means or cushion for the downward thrust of the signal and lever 12-13 so as to prevent the lug 20 from injuriously contacting the stop 21 as the signal drops into active or displayed position and thus avoid undue jar or shock to the device when being operated in either direction. Another feature of the spring 15 is that of being expensive axially upon the shaft 9 so as to maintain a slight pressure endwise upon the shaft to prevent rattling v as is obvious.

In operation the signal is normally maintained in upright position as indicated in the drawings with the lever 19 eng qed beneath the hook 7 of the spring 6 and when it is desired to expose the signal at the side of the vehicle for indicating the intended described. Then when it is desi ed to return the signal to its v tleal position the lever 19 is drawn haol': down .vardly to engagement under hook 7 where it is retained tor tnrther action.

in 3 I have sho'i n a modified form of attaching the device to the ins ument d. or other part oi? the vehicle which, compri a metal ho had portion which may in any desired manner, he attached to th hod oi the signal (evice and held against the object upon which it is pported h a suit able set screw however this does not term any portion of my present invention,

fiavin thus deserihed ni v inventioin wha I claim as new and desire to seein'o li e Letters Patent is:

l. lhe combination with a fined portio a vehicle, of a holder, a rotatable shi rt ried by the holdei; a signal arm :arried u )0: the outer end is he shaft. an operating lever non-rotatahh used to the inner end of t 1e shalt means for normally holdi'r theiree end of the lever stationary when the signa ing arm is inactive and a spiral s )ring a the shaft for aesisti in the initial operation of the signal device and as a cnshlin tor seine.

2. A signaling device of the character de scribed comprising av holder having: two opposed huh portions, a shatt ionrnaled 1 one of said huh portions and enter a 3 through the other the latter having a ovi drioal chamber therein considerably la-i 1 in diameter than the shaft, a signaling; arni carried upon one end ot the shaft. an operating lever carried upon the opposite end said lever having a cap-like huh portion surrounding the last mentioned huh portion of the holder said lever being disposed at right angles to the signaling arm, a spring controlled device for holding the free end of the lever in horizontal position and a spiral spring surrounding the shaft within the hub portion.

in a signaling device for vehicles, the eonihination with a fixed pa of the VGl1lCl of a holder having a. huh portion embedded within said fixed part and an elongated portion extending Horizontally and longitudinallv ot' the fixed part, a manually operater spring catch at the extreme end oi? the elonr ated portion, a shaft ournal fl within said do extending throus'h and beyond said ti ed I and through a 1 beyond the honsinr. oppo *i'te tiiI'GCiOD. a signal caninnarm non-rotatirelv carried upon the end beyond said fixed part a con entric housing: i out the shaft extending: i i-om the holder in a direction opposite to that oi the hub, t cap surrounding the housing noi -ro tivel r fixed to the end oi. the Slltliit and h an elongated operating handle thereupon engageahle with. the spring catch, a. spiral within the housing about the shaft one end being; fastened to the holder and the other to the ca l a stop carried h the holr er ror i t 2 action oi the 1 sh ft in either diretion.

A signaling device for e prising a stationary horizontal l holder mounted upon the ii'iterior vehicle, a shaft journaled within the holder and extending to the exterior of the vehicle, a signaling; arm carried upon the outer end of the shaft a lei'er i'ioon the opposite end of l v el the shaft and at right angles thereto tor operating it in one direction. a sprii '2 for operating: the

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